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Posted September 22, 2015
L-look at you, hacker. A pathetic creature of meat and bone. Panting and sweating as you search for your wallet. How fast can you purchase a perfect, immortal game?




<span class="bold">System Shock</span>, the breakthrough FPS/RPG hybrid - one of the most influential video games ever produced - is back and enhanced, premiering DRM-free on GOG.com. Get 20% off the title, or 40% off if you already own System Shock 2.


On release, System Shock forever changed the face of action gaming - it ushered an era of storytelling, choices, and RPG elements unlike ever before - directly influencing all-time classics like Deus Ex and Bioshock.
Today, the legend returns in better shape than ever.
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System Shock: Enhanced Edition now comes with official support for resolutions up to 1024x768 (compared to the original 640x480), and a native 854x480 widescreen mode. Gameplay is streamlined with a toggleable mouselook mode, including more intuitive inventory and item management. Combined with assorted bug-fixes and remappable controls, System Shock is now truly enhanced. Still, some gaming experiences are truly worth preserving, so you can also return to the authentic 90's gameplay with System Shock: Classic - ready for modern systems, completely unaltered in all other aspects, and available in both the CD and Floppy editions!



See the System Shock Enhanced Edition trailer:

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Reset the system in <span class="bold">System Shock</span> - Enhanced Edition and Classic available in a single package, with a 40% discount for all System Shock 2 owners on GOG.com - and 20% off for everyone else. The discounted offer will last until Tuesday, September 29, 6:59 AM GMT.





Stream watch:
Join Stephen Kick (founder and CEO of Night Dive Studios), Daniel Grayshon (Lead Technician in charge of QA at Night Dive Studios) and Paul Neurath (creative Director at Looking Glass Studios, and industry veteran credited on System Shock 2, Thief, Neverwinter Nights and more) for an in-depth, roundtable discussion on the System Shock phenomenon and its many influences in game design to date - on Twitch.tv/GOGcom - September 23, 6:00 PM CET, 4:00 PM GMT, 9:00 AM PDT, 12:00 PM EDT.
Posted September 22, 2015
UNBELIEVABLE!!!

This is just SO awesome! :)

Thank you, thank, you, thank you, GoG!!!
Posted September 22, 2015
That's cool!
Posted September 22, 2015
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phaolo: Do you know what are the main differences between the original DOS version and the CD (win?) version?
Is the MIDI music still there?
The CD version was also a DOS game, not a Windows game.

The music during the gameplay, menu etc. is MIDI in the CD version, just like in the floppy version. The intro movie music is digitized in the CD version, in the floppy version I think that was MIDI too.

Other differences:
- CD version had digitized audio logs and speech, floppy version had only text.
- CD version had a hires mode (up to 640x480)
- The intro movie was of higher quality, in high resolution and digitized music.

Hmm, so what kind of music is in the enhanced Windows version? Is it also using MIDI music?
Posted September 22, 2015
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cyboff: can you please GOG and Night Dive tell us that probably very complicated story of obtaining rights?
It must have been a journey filled with treataruse traps, abominable abominations and gallons of coffee!
Posted September 22, 2015
Since I own SS2 but have not played it yet... is there any reason for me to play these games in order, or does it not matter at all?
Posted September 22, 2015
The promo email is adorable. Bought the game.
Posted September 22, 2015
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So GOG does f- all to get SS1 released and yet both the community and GOG themselves pretend like it was all thanks to them.
Great.
I can see why Night Dive isn't exactly rushing to get Strife released here.
I would like to say thanks Night Dive for all your work.
Posted September 22, 2015
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timppu: [..]
- CD version had digitized audio logs and speech, floppy version had only text.
- CD version had a hires mode (up to 640x480)
[..]Hmm, so what kind of music is in the enhanced Windows version? Is it also using MIDI music?
Oh, I remember the logs audio, so I must have played the CD version.
I kept the DOS resolution, however (the other mode was quite slow on my pc).
I hope that the EE maintained the MIDI option too..
Posted September 22, 2015
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timppu: The intro movie music is digitized in the CD version, in the floppy version I think that was MIDI too.
Precisely! The CD version of that particular piece of music was a digitized track performed by composer Greg LoPiccolo's band Tribe. The floppy uses a much harsher-sounding midi track (which I personally much prefer to the Tribe-rendition and I think is more appropriate to the tone of the game).

Click here to compare:
Floppy version
CD version

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timppu: Hmm, so what kind of music is in the enhanced Windows version? Is it also using MIDI music?
Yup, also MIDI. Having tested both gog versions, I'd say they both have their advantages: Enhanced has smoother graphics and gameplay, Classic has superior audio playback.
Posted September 22, 2015
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jamyskis: Something to do with you being in Greece and the banking restrictions? Or have you been using PayPal without any problems even so?
The banking restrictions is the source of the taint.. the problem i mean. I heard the things will be back to normal soon though. I can use my card for purchases in Greece just fine - it's the "foreign purchases" use of it that brings the problem in the surface!
Posted September 22, 2015
Thank you GOG Team!
Post edited September 22, 2015 by Krankor
Posted September 22, 2015
Sorry, just one word:

INSTABUY
Posted September 22, 2015
*takes hat off*
Posted September 22, 2015
Finally.
Posted September 22, 2015
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timppu: Hmm, so what kind of music is in the enhanced Windows version? Is it also using MIDI music?
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fronzelneekburm: Yup, also MIDI. Having tested both gog versions, I'd say they both have their advantages: Enhanced has smoother graphics and gameplay, Classic has superior audio playback.
So also the enhanced version music can (and should) be improved with using replacement General MIDI soundfonts, with e.g. VirtualMIDISynth?

What do you mean the Classic version has superior audio playback? I wouldn't expect an Enhanced version to have worse audio. :)
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